Lagocephalus
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Lagocephalus is a genus
in the pufferfish
family
(Tetraodontidae).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the pufferfish
Pufferfish
Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the Tetraodontiformes order. The family includes many familiar species which are variously called pufferfish, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
(Tetraodontidae).
Species
- Lagocephalus gloveriLagocephalus gloveriLagocephalus gloveri is a species of fish in the Tetraodontidae family. It is found in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, and Taiwan.-Source:* Roberts, C. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
Abe & Tabeta, 1983 - Diamondback puffer, Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915
- Smooth blaasop, Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
- Smooth puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Oceanic pufferOceanic pufferThe oceanic puffer, Lagocephalus lagocephalus, is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths of between 10 and 475 m...
, Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lagocephalus lagocephalus oceanicusLagocephalus lagocephalus oceanicusLagocephalus lagocephalus oceanicus, is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean in temperate and tropical waters. Its length is up to 45 cm. The dorsal and anal fins falcate, the caudal fin is lunate. The lower one third of the pectoral fin is white...
Jordan & Evermann, 1903 - Green rough-backed puffer, Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Silverstripe blaasop, Lagocephalus sceleratus (GmelinJohann Friedrich GmelinJohann Friedrich Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.- Education :Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen...
, 1789) - Half-smooth golden pufferfish, Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845)
- Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar, 1953
- Lagocephalus spadiceus
- Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984